The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-27 00:00:00

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"It is due to the conduct of the United States" says his Lordship, after complimenting the great mass of the Canadians upon their loyalty and attachment to England, "to say, that their conduct has been honourable to them, and such as the understanding between the two countries, might have led us to expect." In continuation his Lordship adds—" A feeling of good-will has grown up between the people and the Government of England, and the people and the Government of the United States—and this feeling has shown itself with respect to the late trans actions in North America." After taking credit to Lord MELBOURNE'S Cabinet for having exerted itself to promo' e the growth of this natural good feeling betAeen the people of Great Britain and the United States, the Noble Foreign Se cretary states emphatically—" The American Go vernment has done its duty by taking fresh power to prevent the violation of our territory ; and all respectable persons in the Union have ex pressed the greatest disapprobation of those outrages committed by a few adventurers on the frontier." This manly and honourable testimony in support of the good faith of the American Government will more than assuage the irritation caused by the bombastical address of Sir F. B. HEAD to the Legislature of Upper Canada, upon taking his eternal farewell of the Government of that Province. The Government at 'Washington will not suffer in the estimation of the people of England from the libellous attack made upon it by the Ex-GOVERNOR of Upper Canada—now that the opinions of the Noble Foreign Secretary upon this subject are before the public. We heartily thank Lord PA LMERSTON for hav ing disabused the public mind upon a question so important to the preservation of our friendly rela tions with the United States. The favour would have been greater had the explanation appeared earlier with the same official sanction. Dr. LHAI.:,rEas tlF:y , sed lie ;nad,:: a great hit ori \.‘,..t,(11-:,:s(t Tori,s around him, such as .- - !!;(1 Sir J. GRAHAM, confirmed his ruppositiGn heir applause, when he made, what the limes of diis morning: echoing, the praise of the two 13aroncts, calls a « forcible and felicitous contrast beweJii the ~..))ky pr:i ): I , zle en- Q,azed in by t.. 112 fatbc.,-s of zile add the fatuous inanities now rife and rampant among the, higmi..c and p ,,, nires of Voluntaryism." The folincr were I ,, zh-iouletl noble-minded men, who .soutl,t °Wire. purify the doctrines of the Church, to im prr.ve'the characf r of the cleriv, to refine theology from of the people. Lear,..fi Doctor, and hd espectaliy hiLiutieti the Miniscers and all those statesmen in his description who have at iernpted to 'improve the Irish Church, were ruthless deraagogues—" mere machine-breakers," " spiritual Luddites," and ignoble-minded men, who were care less of the violence and destruction they might cause. But, with all deference to the Learned Doctor, the facts of the case, stripped of his gaudy declamation, tend to the credit of the modern Reformers, and to the discredit of Dr. CHALaIERS and his friends. It must at once be apparent, if the theology and doctrine of the Church were sufficiently reformed, as the Doctor says, by JoriN KNox and his friends, that nothing was left to modern reformers but to amend the machinery, if that were necessary. Now that it i s necessary, the Doctor himself proves, because all his efforts are directed to that end. The present appeal has been set in motion by a desire to improve the machinery. He blames the Ministers and others, then, for doing the only thing which, according to him KNOX and CRANMER left for the reformers of our day to do, and which he is doing himself. He may not be breaking the machinery ; but he is precisely one of these little-minded men, as contra-distinguished from the great reformers, who are busy about the machinery of the Church only. But is it true that KNOX and CRANMER left nothing further to Reform ? It may be very proper for the TETzELLS, the GARDINERS, and the BONNERS of cur day to assert that there is nothing to amend " in the theology of the Churches," " nothing in their prayers," and but " little in their books and services ;" but that opinion is not shared by the Dissenters from the Churches, who now crowd every part of the Empire, and who loudly contend in Scotland, as well as in England, and Ireland as well as in England and Scotland, that the Churches still require in those points, where Dr. CHALNIERS says they are nearly perfect, considerable reform. It is rot for us now to enter into the subject ; but we hold it to be susceptible of demonstration, that the two Churches of England and Scotland, in all those essen tial points tO which Dre CHALMRRS referred, in rela tion to the present knowledge of the world, now stand quite as much in need of Reform tts the Papal Church required Reform in the sixteenth century. But it is the business of the Clergy, not of Statesmen, to effect "Worm, and some Clergy, such as the Rev. Mr. NOEL, seem sensible of its necessity. Dr. CHALMERS in fact, admitted more tlttn once, that the pre sent generation of Clergy is improved, in compari son to the past generation, and thereby gave us a warrant for doubt, if their present merits are that perfection which he described them to be. What• „7 there may be in the services, or doettines, or theology ot4 the Churchesreform, which requires the retention of the Ait22.flasian Creed, for example, the still speaking of the Almighty b l- ::t as one God, having a poor superiority in a hierarchy of Goo; —having a limited and a local habitation, with power at the foot , of his throne, but not equally over and through all space—all these points should be remedied by the priesthood, and not by. politicians ; and that Dr. CHALMERS neglects his duty to make these improve ments, for the purpose of usurping the functions of politicians, and to augment the machinery of Chris • tian instruction, is a greater reproach to him than any he has justly thrown on the Ministers. When we are sensible, too, of the ambitious or the political motives which prompt the Reverend Lecturer, we ' at once conclude that it is far more honourable now to be, as a politician, the reformer of the machinery for teaching Christianity, than as a priest to be for ward in denying the necessity of improvement in the theology, doctrine, and discipline of the Churches. We must, in conclusion, say that the Rev. Doctor's allusion to CONSTANTINE was for his purposes most unhappy. The clergy of the age of CONSTAN- TINE bartered Christianity for State protection, and inoculated it with superstition to obtain the smiles of the Imperial despot. Does Dr. CHALMERS recom mend that conduct to imitation ? Those among our readers who may happen to have read SIP. FRANCIS BURDETT'S speeches during his late fool's errand to the North, cannot fail to have been struck with the calumnious manner in which he has expressed himself respecting Ireland. No slander— no abuse—have been too gross for this old dotard's lips to give utterance to. He has insulted the Irish Catholic population en masse ; and the faith of their ancestors ; to which they cling in perfect sincerity of heart, and which they naturally hold most sacred, he has made the theme of vulgar, brutal ribaldry. Was it always so ? Was there never a period when Sir -FRANCIS BURDETT praised the native Irish character to the skies ; paid a visit of some length to that country ; and professed himself " most agreeably disappointed " by what he then heard and saw ? Let the following extract from one of the man's own speeches in Parliament make answer to this question. " With reference to Ireland," ob served the Hon. Baronet, " respecting which such early prejudices were imbibed in this country, lie was bound to declare that when be visited it he was most agreeably disappointed. Generally speaking, the Irish were as civilised as any nation on the face of the earth, not excepting the polite French, and as full of humanity, hospitality, and charity. He was persuaded that Ireland was the only country in which—if a stranger were thrown naked on the shore —he would find shelter in the first house he came to, and might travel through the whole island without a penny in his pocket, and never be in want of a meal or a night's lodging. That religion could not be bad which prompted to such practice." And yet that same religion, which was good in 1819, is stated by the very same speaker, in 1838, to be debasing and intolerant in the highest degree ; and that same people, formerly so charitable and civilized, are now, it seems, m ere brawling, factious savages ! And thus speaking thus turning his back on every feeling he held in his meridian manhood—the Honourable Baronet has the audacity gravely to tell us that he is still unchanged in sentiment and opinion—still the same man he ever was ! To a certain extent he is right. He assures us, for instance, that he is now " a poor creature and " a poor creature" he always was— witness his pitiful conduct at Stockport a few years since, which our readers will find duly noticed in a letter from Sr CHARLES WOLSELEY, published in The Sun of this day. But enough of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and his apostacy. It is idle to comment on the ravings of Bedlam, which are only to be remedied by a strait-waistcoat. We noticed, a few days ago the arrival of Mr. WAG iloaN's portion of an overland dispatch from the East Indies, bringing letters and papers to the middle of Febru ary from Calcutta and Madras, and to the Ist of March from Bombay. 4 We regret to observe, upon a further perusal of the papers Pone to hand, that the exportatio n of India hill-labourers, or Coolies, has commenced in right earnest, and that the Hespe rus, a Liverpool ship, has already sailed from Calcutta for Demerara, with a cargo of these poor deluded beings. It ~pppars, also. that one of them died from want of pure air, oven before they left the Hooghly River; and Heaven knows i.ow many may die befora they reach their destined place ( f slavery. It further appears that the Chokedars, or Lative police—who were put on board to coerce them, we 'resume, whilst,hey remained in the river—had made a rood thing of it by fleecing- the emigrants of a portion of their three months' wages, which had been paid in advance. The foilovrinz extract, however, from the Calcu!la Couritr of the 7t, off' February will siyak for itself:— " We have been informed by an eyewitness of certain abuses of those Chokedars who were put on guard over the Coolies, shipped for Deme rara on board the Hesperus, Captain Baxter, which vessel dropped down the river a few days ago. One of the Coolies died, and, it is alleged, from the man having been ri fused permission by the Chokedars in guard to come upon deck. The Coolie in question was, it appears, against his will, kept down below during several hours of the night, notwithstanding repeated applications by him to be permitted to breathe the fresh air ; and within a few hours after he was, by the exertions and orders of our informant brought on sleek, the poor creature died. " The object of the Chokedars, in keeping these poor people below originates, it appears, in the usual system of extortion, practised when ever the opportunity occurs by natives in authority ; the Coolies were made to pay by the Chokedars pice, for the privilege of coming on deck ; and, inasmuch as these poor people get three months advance, the Chu ke,:.2rs, unless watched, will make a good thing of it. 04r informant stripped and :2:samined one or.two of the Chokedars, and found more money upon them, 1 7 their own confessi on t h ey possessed when they came on board. There can he no doubt, theirefore, of the ex tortion practised; that the man died in consequence of being kept below there play, however, exis; powe doubt j we have set THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1838. the letter, however, of the surgeon of the Vessel, from which it ap pears that his death certainly was veelerated, if not wholly caused, b; the continuous confinement, in thv mephitic atmosphere of the rlace in which the Coolies were located. It behoves the person who ships these Coolies to pay attention to this statement. We have rather under rated the tale of our informant, whose statement did not in the slightest degree savour of exaggeration." The New Criminal Code for India, which had just been finished, was attracting great attention at all the Presi dencies ; and when it is recollected that this is Mr. T. B. MACAULAY . E pet measure, it will no doubt call forth a pod deal of criticism in England. The Paris Papers of Wednesday have all been received. They bring no news of importance. iqua- RAGA RAY'S column in the Basques, having Peace and Privileges for its banner, numbered, on the 18th inst., 400 deserters from the ranks of Don CARLos. Posioi, APRIL :20.—The Gazette of this place has in its number of to-day the following article : To my Catholic Subjects in the Grand Duchy of Posen : —I have learned, with great displeasure, that evil-disposed persons endeavour to propagate among you the notion that I have an intention to disturb and molest you in the free exercise of the Catholic religion, and in the observance of its doctrines. Though I have a right to suppo se that such criminal attempts will not influence you, because such lying insinuations are sufficiently contradicted by daily experience, I have yet thought it necessary, in order to dispel all doubts of ray paternal sentiments on this subject, hereby to announce to you that my positive will is to protect you i n the exercise of your religion in future, as I have done hitherto, according to the letters patent of lath May, 1813, issued on taking possession of the province, and not suffer the freedom of religious belief and conscience prescribed by the laws of my dominions to be impeded or disturbed in any point of doctrine. It is my most earnest endeavour to preserve you the freedom of religious belief and conscience, main tained and exercised by your forefathers; while, on the other hand, the vigorous exercise of the Suprem e power which God has confided to me must fall upon him who dares to attempt to change this state of things, to induce you by false representations to water in your reliance on the word of your King, and to interrupt the charity and harmony in which, to ivy joy, all the social Christian religious parties in my dominions have hitherto lived with each other. Con tinue, therefore, the exercise of your religion in your Churches, and join me in praying to God that his Almighty hand miry destroy every seed of distrust and discord which malice, or ill-judging and mistaken seal, may endeavour to sow among you. (Signed) FREDERICK WILLIAM. Berlin, April 1.2, 1838. M. Flottwell, President of the Province of Posen, arrived here yesterday from Berlin—Prussian State Gazette, April I. FRENCH FUNDS: -Nate, APRIL 25. Olve per Cents., 1071 60c. 76e. We. 05c 71 c. 65c. 60e. 51 c. 50e. lire:, per Cents., tot 700. 73e. 70e 6SC Bank Actions, 2,6821. See. 2,6001 2,695 f, Rente de Naples, 1011 1001. 90c. 85c. 95c. Roman Five per Cents., 1034. Spanish Actives, 21. Spanish Passives, 4%. Belgian Bank, 1,445 f. 1,4501. } , - ;:".oeuese Loan, Three per Cents. 22. 112.itia" ilj:"-"•- " 2b!. e. T ° o . n r e e r r ui n o t n h t'h P 4 P ;3 r p f :l3 s l 2 . c a . 5 ; : money, 251. 330. LAST PRICEY, Five per Cents. 107f.SOL 70e. Three per CentS, 10e. Bank Actions, 2.69 hf, Romans, 1034. Belgian Bank, 1,450 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 22. Elaytian Loan, 4701 Spanish Actives, 21. Spanish Passives, 4%. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 24. Bills. Money. Austrlae MetoPiques, 5 per cent. OW, ditto 3 per cent. ilitto gilt° 21 per cent. Ditto Bank Sheiroi ~,, 1411 1431 .a.nzlo-Russian Loan „, „„„ Paper Inscription, 6 per cent.„.„.„, , , ~.„. Russian 5 per cents. Aletal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 34 and 4th Serii4l Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bends,(; per cent Ditto, 3 per cent. Dutch per Cents. 53% 5.31, Ditto 6 per Cents Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 1395 159% Anglo-Danish Loan, S per cents ... 724 72 Norwegian Lean of 15.34, 4 per cents Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 174 - Greek 4 per cents. 1633, guaranteed by France - EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAssistno, &pm 24 -13 10 ; two months, 13 Svocititow4, APRIL 17.-Two months, 12 20. ST. Pyritssnintnn, APRIL 12.-Three months, 11%. BERLIN, APRIL 21.-Three m#nths, 6. 26. -Hamburg Papers, April 24. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. TI ere are this week moderate quantities of all kinds of English. Grain, but a good return of Oats from Ireland. There was little Wheat for sale to-day, which was taken off at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease are unvar;ed from Monday. Oats remain firm in value, with a fair dereand. The Flour trade continues as last reported. ATI.RIV ALS. Wheat. Barley. Oat.. Fleur. I qrs. I 3,790 qrs. 2,2201 n 4,160 sat ks J I 11',(lf1) 200 !Ma E,gitsh Ir sh Foreign SMITHFIELD. Prices to-day shewei little or no variation from those of Monday last. Business was not very brisk and the supply w•as good. Beasts, 543; Sheep, 0,090 ; Pip, 400; Calves, 100. Beef, Os. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, ss. to 65.; Lamb, os. to 7d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. CITY FISH MARKET. There was a fair supply to-day of good Fish, and common Fish wee very plentiful; prices somewhat reasonable, but trade not brisk__ Soles, Pd. to Os. per pair; Lobsters, 3s. to ss. each ; Turbot, 55. to 215.. Haddock and Whiting reasonable. HOP AND SEED MARKETS. Hops continue without variation in value, and are steady in demand Seeds are without any material valuation. TALLOW MARKET. P.Y C„ 50s. on the spot still, and 455. for delivery. COLONIAL MARKETS. Rather a fair extent of business was advertiad for to.day, consisting of 0,127 bags of Mauritius Sugar, 405 bags of Bengal, 517 bags of Rice, and some small parcels of Cloves, Mace, pepper, and Nutmegs, The disposition to purchase is much the Ramo M it hae been for languor, and there still continues great uncertainty in pricer; where t he y vary they are lower ; and there sill exists the same diffic ult y to accomplish large s,les. Wherever those are attempted, buyings..in are the result. The B. P. Sugar market remains quiet —very quiet—and the tendency of prices Is downwards. Refined goods are null and Unaltered. Rum is looking down; and the whole amount of business done in these markets during the past week has been very slender. The imports mew are rict heavy. We du not suppose that above 1,000 hhds. of B. P. Sugar have been gold this week up to the time we Went to press. TEA SALE. This sale is concluded; it Hai been a very heavy one. The exact amount gold of that which was put up is not yet known. Prices finished fast as we have quoted them for some time. INDIGO SALE. This sale is now concluded. Out of the six thousand chests, some were we believe about 2,500, but the amount cannot be correctly stated, yet have sold ; prices all round about 6d to Vd per lb. lower than the prices of last sale. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APILIL 26. Our Cotton Market remains exceedingly steady. The business of this day was of a very extensive nature, and speculators and exporters have purchased to a moderate extent. 7,000 bags were the quantity so!d, for which yesterday's improved rates were realized. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING T heat. Barley. Oats. Bea` b. I Per Quarter. 9. to s. s. s. s. to L &to s +1 to s. .. Blandford ....... 57 '72 27 34 20 22 • 40 -- Brigg 54 53 23 24 13 '26 34 40 32 41 Cambridge. — 57 34 ,1; Chard 56 61 21 27 19 4 40 Huntingdon.,...... 46 00 34 28 24 29 38 42 — — Long Sutton—... 38 16 20 30 34 Louth 48 56 21 25 18 ` : = 6 3) 37 ynn . s'' 61 122 31 1 0 2d 130 32 32 34 Newark 51 59 '24 31 19 1:8 31 4:1 -- Slortingliarn 44 59 2A 31 19 29 ,35 42 Peterborough 49 62 35 42 22 29 38 48 Plymouth 40 58 30 34 20 '2ll - Pontefract..., 07 43 27 4 3 ileaforsl 65 70 38 38 22 29 41 43 Uppingliam i 43 04 _24 20 18 28, 32 44 —.— Wisbech .I 13 62 I 20:30 3 2 Sir Thomas Geary Cullum, Bart., and Lady Cul lum and suite, arrived this day at the Green Park Hotel, Piccadilly, from Hardwick House, Bury St. Edmunds. Another iron steam-boat was launched from the yard of Messrs. Fairbairn & Co., at 114illwall, on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Her length is 140 feet, and breadth of beam 18 feet. She will be propelled by two condensing steam-engines of 40 horse power each, made at Messrs. Fair bairn & Co.'s establishment in Manchester. She was chris tened amid the huzzas of a very numerous company of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Lancashire lVitch. Her tonnage is ::bout 230 tons, and her draught of water at present 2 feet and half an inch, with the greater part of her cabin fittings on board. The same builders wilt launch another iron boat on the forenoon of the 9th of May. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Work men have been employed during the past week in sinking a shaft in a field above the Chalybeate. The shaft will form a o i f d the o f hi a ll, c- cutting o u h g e th e com mencement of a tunnel which is to be ex cava ted in an easterly direction through towards the New lowerEngland,p at 'Viscount Burghersh gave a su mptuous dinner on Wednesday evening. at his new reside nce in Upper Harley street, to their Royal H i g hnesses the Duke and Duchess of u t i west,w hich towards will be made Shoreham. —Brighton G azette. Cambridge and Prince George, the Duchess of Gloucester, Lord and Lady Maryborough, the Earl of Cawdor, the Arch bishop of York and Miss Harcourt, Sir Robert Gordon, Sir Wm. Curtis, Mr. Knyvett, Sir Gore Ouseley, and tho lion. George Fane. The Noble Lord and his guests afterwards went to the concert of ancient music is Hanover-square, his Lordship being Director for the evening. The Duke of Wel lington having recently accepted a diroctorshiP, will make the selection of music at the concert on the 9th of May. Mr. Bushe, who embarked in the suite of the Earl of Durham as assistant-secretary, is a son of Lord-Chief Justice Bustle, and brother, we believe, to Mrs. Hedworth Lambton. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice has broken up his establishment in Arlington-street, the Right Hon. Gentleman, with his daughter, intending, we understand, sojourning on the continenttfor some length of time. The gothic mansion formed/ b,;longing to Sir Harry Goodricke, in Arlington street, has been la f,or two years. Mr. Ellice, jun., has pro ceetle4 with Lt9rd Durban} tp cape 4, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) DEAL, Aram !1.E., blowing strong.—Came down from the river and proceedeed the Ocean, Robinson, for Quebec ; Stentor, Young, for ditto; Circassian, Hinton, for Liverpool; Charlotte, Blown, for St. Helena; Fame, Gater, for Sierra Leone; Seagull, Fore man, for St. Übes. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26. Wind N.E., fresh breozes and fine.— Sailed Her Majesty's ship Portland, I,r Plymouth. Passed by, the Reliance, Warren, for Madras; Java, Toblin, for China. P,..rmotrru, APRIL 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Hercules, from Halifix 4th March. Sailed the Pomona, for Quebec ; Hightlycr, Newton, for Lisbon; Her Majesty's ship Buzzard, for Portsmouth. FA LMCUTH, APRIL 23.—Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Marshall, Henry, from Rouen; the Bergetha, Sudvigsen, from Longsound. Sailed, the Ncid Elvin, for St. Ives; the Queen, Robin son, for Miramichi ; the Elizabeth (Transport), Stoekdalc, Cork and Halifax. LIVERPOOL, AprttL 96.—Wind N. E., moderate.—Arrived off Pori the Scotland, from New York. _ Do%ER, APRIL 26.--Arrived off' Port, the Hibernia, WDonogh, from Galaway. OFF 't IstE or WIGHT, APRIL 9.6 —ArrivoLl, the Henry Grat ten, from Jamaica. Etrixtctu, APRIL 25.—Arrived, the North Ash, Sprague, from Teneriffe. SaLcomitt, Aram 26.—Arrived off Port, the Slainseastle, Petite from Canton ; Johanna, from Batavia; the Apaine, Anderson, from Port on Prince; the Baltimore, Funk, from NeW York; the Poland, Anthony, from New York. HULL, APRIL 26.—Arrived the Navy, Frankish, from Hamburg. The Castlereagh, Lonsdale, of Sunderland, was on shore at Mun. desley, yesterday —crew saved. The Wenneral, Otelic, from Dram to Sunderland, was on shore n car Warkworth on the .sth instant—crew saved. SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE. Office of Committee of Privy Council Whiteh4ll, 2dth April, 1838. _ am directed bt the Unit of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade l to acquaint you, for the information of the gentlemen en. gaged in the SoUth Antericatt trade, that her Majesty's Government have received Intelligente that the Prbtectoral Decree of the Republic of Peru, of Bth October 1831, opening to foreign commerce the creeks of " Pereusatia, Le. Chica, Carillos, Anaon, Lechura," and the minor port of " Chaucai," has been revoked; but it has nevertheless been deter. mined, that the port of " Sambayoque" shall remain open to fortigh commerce, until the resolution of the Protectoral Government there On. (Signed) DENNIS LE MARCHANT. To the Chairman at Lloyd's. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY): TWELVE O'CLOCK. Halifax Papers to the 3d April, ha►e been received at the North and South American COffee.house ; we extract the following " The Governor of the Maine has transmitted to the Legislature, another correspondence justreceived from the Presitlent, We have not as yet had the perusal of the documents; but understand the President proposes that Maine shall authorise him to negotiate for a conventional line of boundary; to which the Governor strongly objects, and insists upon running the line according to the treaty. The subject will receive the attention of the Legislature, we presume, as soon as the docittnenti are printeel,', From the Eastport Sen March 21 :—" The joint Select Com mittee of the Legislature of Maine, to whom was referred that part of the Governor's Message, and other documents, relating to the North Eastern boundary, have made a Report which we doubt not will meet the approbation of the Legislature, as well as the people of Maine:— " Resolved—That the Legislature heartily respond to the sentiments of the Chief Magistrate of the State, in recommending an earnest de rnand upon the General Government to put an end to the intrusive and unjustifiable jurisdiction over our citizens and soil by a Foreign Poµ•er. " Resolved—That perceiving no ground of hope that Great Britain will yield to the rightful claims of Maine, while by procrastination or di plomacy it can be avoided, we deem it the imperative duty of the Ge , tie►a} Government to run and establish the line, according to the Treaty of t7Ei§, &NI that the State demands ap early accomplishment of this object. " Resolved—That the use which has been made of the territory by the British Government as the thoroughfare for its troops, and a place on which they have encamped without authority, is a palpable outrage upon the United States, and a fresh cause of complaint. " Resolved—That the Government and all executive officers ought to take prompt and effectual measures to cause all laws to be rigidly en forced against persons who may assume, or attempt to violate, the rights of the State, or of the citizens occupying the disputed territory ; and that measures be taken to arrest offenders against those laws, and cause them to be brought to trial before our own judicial tribune's. Resolved—That the opening of the winter road from the Aronstie to the Motith Of Madawasha River is all important as ending this State : to extend the protection of its laws to the people of Madawasha and its vicinity ; and that Massachussetts be requested to co-operate with this State in effeking this object." On • Friday night a seYere snow storm took place at Halifax, and o the following morning the streets were impassable. Up to the present time the British and Foreign Funds continue in the same dull state as they have been from the commencement of the week. Consols opened this morning At the closing prices of yesterday -934 ft for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 67 69, premium; India Bonds, 78, prem ; Bank Stock, 2054 2064 ; India Stock, 2704 2714. In the Foreign Market the only operation as yet is in Spanish Active, which may be quoted at 204, with Coupons; Portuguese continues steady at 324 to 33; ; Three per Cents., 22 to 224 i Brazilian, 76} to 76i ; Mexican, 271 to 28i; Colomb;an, 28 !4 to .28 # ; Dutch Two and.a-Half per Cents., 54i. Most of the above prices are only nominal at present. Little doing as yet in the Shire Market. The Sirius steamer, bound to New York, was met with on the 14th inst. by the American packet-ship Baltimore, in lat. 45, long. 37.22 ; she sailed from Cork on the 4th inst. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. , Bank Stock ..,.... 3 per Cent. are, 3 per Cont. Con& 9 :).i % South Sea Sr.( k 3% per Cent-- ..... - ..... ..... 90 3 4 91 1 4 Dtto Rol 100%54 New Ditto. New 314 per Cent ..... ........ 101% % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751_ Ne 71 5 per Cent...... — Exch. Bills. £1, , r0,. 67 61 prn • Bank LongAnnultiNtncipire Cato ..............50P G li7 pm. • lop, 5, 1860... Oct. 10, rOSO ;4% Ditto Commercia. lai I . 5, 1340 ...... ......-... --I Ditto Advertised... ..... Jan. ), 1 , 48 . ........ .......... —1 sank Stock thr Account... .... Ain't 5, ISM — India Stock for Account. -- Jan. 5,187. i... — Consols for Account PRICIi;S ril , FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austria] Bonds lO2 Li Per uvian Bonds lie ~..an Bonds - —.... — Ditto Account —...... ...... 'l it , Acc , :unt....... . --1 Portuguese Boni - is Brazilian "a Ai .. ............... —' Ditto New Bia4 i . 22% j ma Account — Ditto Account .. O:.ltiOS Ayres Binds ....... ..... Mao, 3 per cent.— ........ Ditti Account ................. Ditto Account ..... ..... — tuna: , Bollia -..............— erntsian litcnds — ./ 1...,0 ACCOUiIt ... ..... ••••••• ow --••• Russian Bonds, 1822 ... C ~ unahlari , Sonda... ..... .......... Ditto Account... — 1)1tto Acco , m, ... ...... ......... Ditto Metallic. CA tmbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bondi — unto Account Ihnial loads ..... Ditto Aricouut Greek Bonds.. ............... ....... French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —:. Ditto Bonds, 182.5 — -- 4 per cent —l —c. Ditto Account ..... . ..... ...... —— 3 per cent. Mexican lianas, 5 per cent.... Exchange — f. —c Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account .. Neapolitan ^^^ M Ditto Account . .......... ...... 973 i _ - -- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bri. tol and Exeter Railway Company lO (3% Glasgow. Pailsey. and Ayrshire Railway tr...ai vs, estern Railway Company 65 02% C:ighton Railway Company London and Blackwall Railway , anchester and Leeds Railway Company ... . 2O 35 Alt.tichcstor and Birmingham Railway , 7 9 orthern and Pastern Railway Company ..... 8 4N 311 :nth Western Railway Company .. 1 0 trrg and North Nltelland Railway Company l2 I Westminster and Greenwich Railway Company 2 12% Acilialie, Claridge's Patent 2 Do British I I% Bastenne and Gaujac Bitumen London and W(stininster Bank 2O 21% N itional Provincial Bank of England Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 42 Union Bank of Australia HALF-PAST ONE. Some anxiety has been felt by the American merchants in the City, to hear of the two Steamers bound to New York, which have sailed for several days past. At length, this morning, we have two accounts of the Sirius having been spoken with about half-way to New York, which she made in ten days ; but as yet we remain without any tidings of the Great Western Steamer, for which much anxiety prevails. Consols have continued during the morning at 93 for the Ac count, and 93i I for Money. There is not a feature in the British Market of any consequence. Exchequer Bills, 68 70 ; India Bonds, 77 79 ; Bank Stock, 20.5 i ; India Stock, 2711. The Foreign Market continues in a very Inactive state--Spanish Active, 201 #, with Coupons; Portuguese, 32 33} ; Three per Cents., 221 ; Brazilian, 761 77 ; Mexican, 27f 281 ; Colombian, 'J7 1 ,4 ; Dutch Two-and-a..llalf per Cents., 54i. Commercial affairs continue in a very languid state, although money is plentiful. The Share Market Is heavy, with little doing. Asphalte fallen to prern.; Brighton, I preen.; nothing done in Claridge's Asphalte. THREE O'CLOCK Consols kr Account, 93 MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesdayeven , jog last, as the Rev. W. Hardwicke, of Outwell, near Wit bech, was crossing a footbridge, over the Wisbech Canal, at Outwell, his foot slipped, and frilling into the canal, he was drowned, before any person was aware of the accident that had befallen him. He was Rector of Outwell, and Vicar of La vington, in Lincolnshire, and a Magistrate for the Counties of Norfolk and Lincoln, and the Isle of Ely. Outwell is in t he patronage of the Bishop of Ely, ar.d Lavington of Sir G. Heathcote. Mr. Hardwicke was an active Magistrate, and well acquainted with the duties of the office, and was highly and deservedly respected. The report of her Majesty intending to honour the ball at Devonshire House with her presence, is without foundation. The Countess of Wicklow will give a ball on the Ist of next month, at her mansion in Cavendish-square. The Countess de Grey's first assembly takes place the 7th of next month in St. James's-square. Lady Doraville will give her first ball for the sea son on the 14th of next month, at her residence in Grog venor-square. Lady Cottenharn's assembly, the 3d of May, is post poned to the 9th. The Earl and Countess of Taniterville have issued cards for a grand entertainment on the 14th of next month, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Duche;s of Gloucester. A select, but dis tinguished, party is invited to meet their Royal Highnesses after dinner. Lady Denman will give an elegant, dejeuner on Thursday next, in Portland-place, on the occasion of the marriage of her daughter, the Hon. Miss Denman, to Arch deacon Hodgson, one of the Chaplains of the Duke of Devonshire. The Countess of Euston had a full-dress assembly Last evening in Grosvenor-place, which was very fully and Fashionably attended. Miss Angela Burdett Coutts has taken possession of the town roidenee, commonly palled St. Albars House, Picadilly, bequeathed to her by the 14to Duchess of St. Albans. The Duke of St. Alb ans occupies the adjoining mansion, ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) STIR L INGS HIRE. . The Committee m e t a t one o'clock. _ G. H. WARD, Esq. in the Chair. Mr. Sergeant Merowether and Mr. Biggs Andrews ap peared for the petitioners ; Mr.' Thesiger and Mr. Austin for the sitting Members. The petition having been read, Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHCR proceeded to open the case for the petitioners. Bribery and treating are alleged on both sides, Altogether there are no less than 470 objections—above 120 by the sitting Members, 340 and upwards by the petitioners. HULL. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, but strangers were not admitted until twelve, the objection of Mr. Thesiger, which we mentioned yesterday, having been under their consideration during that time. When strangers had been admitted, .._. The CHAIRMAN said, the question left yesterday for the decision of the Committee was, whether the evidence of Charlotte Bartlett should be received respecting her husband's vote. The Committee had felt it to be a question of considerable difficulty and of great importance, but so far as they had been able to under stand the case they had thought, there being a collateral interest only, it was not of such a nature as that the evidence ought to be totally excluded. They had, there fore, decided that the Lv.deliee or Charlotte Bartlett should be received, but at the same time that it should be re ceived with certain restrictions. 'The Committee, there fore, came to the following resolution, that no evi dunce be given by the wife as to what the husband might have said to her, nor was she to answer any question which might lead to a criminal prosecution against the husband, and they had decided that the usual caution be given to her, that she need not answer any question, the answer to which wolld tend to invalidate her husband's vote. HANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) AMBLE V. TEBBUTT. The arguments in this case, which were part-heard yester day, were resumed to-day. The case came before the Court upon an appeal motion from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, granting an injunction restraining the defendant, Mr. Tebbutt, from receiving the rents of certain leasehold property, the right to which was claimed by the wife of the defendant under her marriage settlement. From the state ment of the case it appeared that Mrs. Tebbutt had at the time of her marriage, in the year 1826, upwards of /2,000 in 3 per cent. Consols, which was vested in the names of trustees for her own use and benefit. The d e ed by that sum was vested gave Mr. Tebbutt the . powcr appointment over all or any part of that sum ; tnere wa s a roviso that if he should die without !nue, and w ith out appoinpting, then the property was to go to the defendant, Mr. Tebbutt. With the consent of his wife and the trustees, Mr. Tebbutt sold out the stock, with the proceeds of which he speculated in the funds, and with the produce of those speculations he purchased leasehold property to the value of 27,0001. and upwards. Sometime after the marriage disputes atising between Mr. and Mrs. Tebbutt, the latter carried away from the house of the defendant the chest containing all the foreign securities of which Mr, Tebbutt was possessed, and also ap plied for and obtained an injunction against her husband, re straining him from receiving the rents of the leasehold, on the ground that their purchase was, made exclusively for her be nefit. The object of the present motion was to discharge that order, The arguments had not concluded when our Re sorter le VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE- CHANCELLO R was occupied the whole morning with short causes and unopposed petitions. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. NUMPTIRETS, In this case a rule in the nature of a quo warranto had been obtained last term, calling upon the defendant to show by what authority he exercised the office of one of the Aldermen of the Corporation of London for the ward of Aldgate. The facts of the case, which have been already before the public, are briefly as follow:—.In the month of November, 1836, a vacancy having taken place in the office of Alderman of the ward of Aldgate, Mr. David Salomons, a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, offered himself as a candidate, and was duly elected. According to the bye-laws of the Corporation, the person so elected was bound to present himself to the next Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen ; and the next Court having been held on the 3d December following, Mr. Sdlo mons presented himself, and claimed to be admitted. He was thereupon required by the Court to take and subscribe the usual declaration, in lieu of the sacramental test, which he nTlected or refused to do, and the Court declared the elec tion void, and issued a new precept, upon which the preseLt defendant, Mr. Humphreys, one of the Members of Parlia ment for the borough of Southwark, was elected to the office, which be had since held. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard on Wednesday last at considerable length against the rule, and the Court had pc.st poned the further hearing of the case till this morning. Sir FREDERICK PoLuoca. now appeared in support of the rule. Ile denied the right of the Court of Aldermen to re quire of Mr. Salomons to make and subscribe the declaration in question. The words of the Act 25th Charles 11., were, " upon making the declaration he is to be admitted," and it was clear from this, that Mr. Salomons had the power of making the declaration at any period during the sitting of the Court at which he was admitted. It was the duty of the Court to admit Mr. Salomons in the first instance, and then it rested with him to do what the Act required of him. On the grounds, therefore, that the Court had no right to call upon Mr. Salomons to make the declaration, and that they hsd prematurely issued a precept for another election while the office was full, he submitted that the judgment of the Court must be for the Crown. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL was heard in reply, and the Cour :ook time to consider its judgment. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Nothing of public interest occurred in this Court. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) ALEXANDER V. BONHAM. In this case, which was an action of covenant, the Court were occupied until our Reporter left, in hearing arguments on a demurrer to the defendant's plea. The question related to certain building lands held by the defendant under lease in Brompton, Middlesex. The case involved no point of public interest. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY SPARROW V. JOHNS. Mr. PLATT moved for a rule to show cause why an attorney named Armstrong, who had been employed for the plaintiff. should not send in a signed bill of his costs. The plaintiff hld been left the executrix to her father's will, which she proved under the direction of Mr. Armstrong, who was a relation, and who acted in all matters for her. He brought the above action in her name, but after carrying the cause a certain length. he stopped it, and paid the defendant 151. as his costs. Some differences arose, and he was desired to send in his bill. He sent in an account, but omitted all charge for the plaintiff's costs inZthe above action, evidently with the in tention of rendering his bill not taxable. There was, how ever, one item in it, which clearly made it liable to taxation. He charged in his bill, the 151. which ho had paid the defen dant, and that wag clearly a disbursement ou account of the cause, and that rendered the whole bill liable to be taxed.— Rule granted. PUOTI V. ROBERTS. Mr. J. JARVIS moved for a rule to show cause why the Master should not proceed to tax the costs for the plaintiff in this case. It was an action of trespass, assault, and for biting the thumb of the plaintiff, and for breaking and entering into her stable. A Terect passed for the pl a i n tiff, w i t h one far thing damages ; and the Master, tinier the circumstances, thought the case came under the statute of Charles 11., and refused to tax the costs. He (Mr. Jarvis) contended, that as the action clearly raised the collateral question of the title to the stable in question, that took it out of the statute, and the plaintiff was entitled to her costs. As there were many eases of a similar kind in the office, he trusted the Court would grant a rule, so that the point might be settled. Upon the case of Parnell v. Young, in 3d Bingham, he was entitled to the rule. COURT —Take your rule.—Rule nisi granted. SIR CHARLES WOLSELEY, versus SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Mr. EDITOR,—I see by The Sun of the 24th instant the account of the treatment Sir Francis Burdett met with at the hands of the HONEST PEOPLE of STOCKPORT, when 11E, and his twin-brother Baronet," Sir George Sinclair, attempted to show off as two mountebank s I The honest Radicals of Stockport know Sir Francis Burdett all well, Sir, as I do !_and therefore treated him as they did. Now, Sir, for a matter-of-fact which, perhaps, will explain their reasons for their conduct to this "ounce of civet." They remember Baggerley, Drummond, and Johnson, about twenty years ago, being take n up f or some Radical spreo, and handed off to Chester Castle. The assizes having commenced, that mild and righteous Judge, Ban, on the bench as Chief-Justiec.% of Chester—and although the " SPREE" was a bailable offence, yet the above -named /tad Judge put the bail so high that the three men could not find friends of sufficient mood; to come forward in their favour ; and so, contrary to the direct enactment of Magna Charts, were confined ill p. ison for six months till the nett Assizes for want of bail! I had seen an account of this affair in one of the Manchester papers, and as I was invited to meet Sir Francis Burdett at a dinner given him by the " Concentric Reformers" of Liverpool, I wrote to Sir Francis at Kirby, in Leicestershire, informing him of th e above fact, and prop ose d to him, as Stockport was in his way to Liverpool, to meet me there on his road, and BAIL TuE Not. MEN 1 I got an answer from Sir Francis, saying ho approved of every word of my letter, but FORGOT (!) to say whether he would meet me or not. This did not snit me—so I at hitu again. I told him I was happy he approved of my let4cr, but somehow o r ot h er he had forgot to say if he would go; but that as there was r i o time for his Nsithre ' answer, .1 would be there and waif for 4jn ! for I kriem evon then, twenty years ago any man, and was determined to nail possihi?,, But it was not possible—he was too slippery fqr r 4,4, 4 4- h e never cacao !! I wa i te d t ill the lastmgmen,t; Ml 4 then sent for the attorney for the prosecution, and having stated the case, offered to bail the three men myself; in the whole sum, of, if I remember right, 250/. each. But the attorney re fused, and the poor men remained in prison till the next as sizes 1 There, Sir I The honest people of S!ockport of course remember this LITTLE patriotic tale of the old renegade, and treated him with the contempt they did. I should have glorie d to have met him fare to face there, and there would have been such a shout of disgust in his ears as should have stopped his travelling any further—for the applause of Reformers, at latlit. I am, Sir, your (Nedient servant. Wolselcy, April 26, 1838. C. WOLSELE Y. P. S. I met the Baronet at the Concentric dinner; " looked a little askance at one another, and in about a math after, we met in London, at the time Hobliouse tuts put LIP by the Baronet for Westminster, and the good old Major Cart• wright flung over the left shoulder by the worthy Baronet. Mr. Northmore, of Clive House, Devon, and myself, sub scribed 501. each, and having got 251. from other quarterlt the old Major was started. We neutralized the votes of tha Radicals, and seated Mr. LAMB for Westminster, and from that time Sir Fraacis and myself have of course been very PARTICULAR friends ! UNITED SOCIETY OF MERCANTIL TRAVELLERS. We are much pleased to observe that with the increase of knowledge the cause of benevolence and mutual self• protection keeps pace. Those who depend upon chance generally find their reward in disappointment ; whcreg they who trust to thuir own energies by duly exercising the i t oresight with which providence has endowed them, wilt ue independen t alike of the frowns or smiles of caprie ; .ous fortune. It vi" but :he other day that we drew attention to a very respect' able Society of Travellers established at Glasgow for their: mutual bents it ; and to-day we ha ve seen t h e prelial•lnarY prospectus cf a similar association, but upon a far there ex' tended scale, under the title of The United Society Mercantile Travellers, which is intended to embrace classes engaged in commercial pursuits. The head-quart ers o f t hi s most influential and intelliger., t t h h e c metropo lis names so t e o of first te housesU nit e d in Ez e p p i o r n this a_rp body Prospectus will e. are be pended ; and as th e o bj ect i s good and, prai.- can be no doubt, th a t th ousan d s and tr - -worthy, will be happy to enro l th emse l ves as ns of th ousa nds %'. The United Society o f Mere,- -ead;ers an d b ene f a ctors. most cordial support o f 7 " .atile Traveller s s h a ll h av e the /le Sun, which travels everywhere' CHARA " —,I*.ER OF THOMAS HOOD' We have great pleasu re i n quo ti ng t h e f o ll ow i ng elogt ent tribute to the literary merits of one of the most origin humourists of the day. It i s f rom t h e l ast num b er, just Pub lished, of the " London and Weaminster Review." iet We have now done with Hood's works ; but while drawing out our bt catalogue rnisonnee of the various merits which are assembled in theme' their author has been so often and so pleasantly with us, that a paragrl so —ere we part from the re a d er , c o unse lli ng him not only to buy but' to ponder, —may be devoted not impertinently to personal remernb rince. i We began by stating o ur conv i c ti on th at f ew writers were so i m p ofec understood as he of the ' C om i c A nnua l' i s : few, we may add' 14:49 ; been more sparingly k nown i n th e world of society. Hood has nev e r sought the tinsel hon ours o f Li ons hi p. A shape of slight figure, with pale and pensive countenance, may, indeed, have flitted through s °cle ty occasionally without causin g any remar k ; none of the Lady worry mores, or Capel Loins, who make themselves ridiculous, and th literary proteges disrespectable, by their senseless ecstacies—even dreswi ing that that slight fi gure was moving to and fro, to gather sinWie: o humour and folly and absurdity, but not in the spirit of a Syen r t r i vi that the rarest c once it cou l d twinkle through the spectacles ".- gave a decent gravity to those eyes, or that the most luxuriant Yth i : sies, and the most i rres i s tibl e repartees could drop—rich as oil, if always as sweet as honey,—from the corners of that most itnP a t looking mouth. But w e k now b etter; and as the sea divides him g lln" us, may say as muc h w i t h out any fear of our friend interposin g to prevent us. We have sat by his side through the small hours, listening to the tales of ghosts, remembered, improved, or improvised' such as night watchers in the nineteenth century are rarely petn litted , e r enjoy. We have heard him—apart from the listening circle—_accornr— d the long-winded tale of a traveller with such a running fire of MACS 50_7; d comments aside as the brethren of the Row would give geld to gather to o : print. We have watched him snprovoke the component members of g ciable rubber in that moment of intense interest, when the gam e 7 ' 3 on a card,—that odd tricks have been forgotten, trumps wasted, : 1 2 four hands thrown down, in an universal paroxysm. We have streial his Yoriek spirit sending forth its sparkling bubbles, in despite of _ co and vicissitude ;—for may we not allude to these, when in his prels to his last new undertaking, our friend has himself pointed they His education as an engraver has given him an eye of singular keenness —his genius, a fancy ever ready, and a wit rarely blunt, rarely ind ebted ~i i c to to others for its weapon, and these are as much manifested in his c hili intercourse with his friends as in his more ceremonious commerce hlu_ the public. There is not a page in all his works more thoroughly r morous than the account we once heard him deliver, of a la r bu t; r at the Comic Annual,' when at the eleventh hour, like Mozart over to overture to Don Giovanni, he fell asleep, and continued (he declares) been plying dictate, for some good ten minutes, ere his amanuensis, who had discerned plying the pen for half an hour, herself scarcely less somnolent , the least change in his diction;—the least abatement of his fluency. so There is no dilemma recounted by Mrs. Twigg, or Mrs. doneS,h con. diverting as those with details of which his familiar letters from the tinent are filled. But with these the world will perhaps one day be r", O i. fled, and it would be unfair, by attempting them in our feebler pl)'..af e ' forestal the new Pilgrim of the Rhine.' Here then we leave him-- au.. thor and man—well pleased if the foregoing pages have supplied any Ii to the right understanding and appreciation of his affluent and origin a hurried SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—Yris rxßDA r. None of the Derby favotlrites were in demand except Or e / Momus, who obtained the call of Young Rowton, without a maki n g any advance on Monday's q uotat i on ; after the 600 to bOO bet wha. ; made, 10 to 1 was laid in pon i es against Young Rowton, an d seemed to be on the decline, but just at the close of the r°° nl t point less was taken, so th at t h e two horses left off nominally d the same price. Conservator, Bullion, Amato, Dmdalus, Chymist were backed g the old prices. Fifty pounds were out upon Bretby at 30 to 1, a trifle below the market price ; ; to ts friends are not very numerous. In the early part of the d• Y: ineas 1 was taken with some spirit about Bamboo for the 2000 G; Stakes, but as the afternoon advanced the layers of the odds 5 ns creased in number, and at the finish no one would take less O a " dds , to 2. Grey M o Momus was in c ons id era bl e force at Monday's able and Saintfoin and Alemdar were just, in sufficient favour to at sky us to make a quotation. Although she was not mentioned 0 , ,y 0 definite price, we shottld imagine, from the repeated offers _t ak l o a sti 8 to 1, that Gleussra is quite as good a favourite for the " 7 to 1 Mr. Batson's ;illy (now called Vespertillo), against which buck ed was offered currently. Brown Duchess and Larnaca were for small sums, but we did not hear any odds offered agst NinvY or Callisto. Closing prices : • TWO THOUSAND GUINEA S ST A KES, C.?. ( TUESDAY „rityr 2 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo —offered 5 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Momus—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin—take 5 to 1 ed 5 to 1 agst L or d E xeter ' s l ot—taken and afterwards offer 'ME DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Phoenix—taken 9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Islomus—take 10 to 1 9 to 1 agst Mr. 131and's Youngs Rowton—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—tale 12 to 1 11 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt—take 12 to 1 • 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Alemdar—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—take 20 to I „ re ed 13 to 1 a gs t Sir. H. Coomb es ' s C o bh am—taken and aft. o ff er 20 to 1 agst Lord G. I3entiock's D'Egville—taken 22 to 1 agst Captain Berkeley's Bullion—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Conservator —taken ea u „ a l 30 to 1 a gs t L or d Chesterfield's Bretb y — ta k en an d a - - 30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amato—ditto 30 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Richard Roe 30 to 1 oust Mr. Worral's Dormouse —taken 35 to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer —taken 40 to 1 agst Sir, Thornhill's Saintfoin—offered 40 to 1 agst Gen. Grosvenor's Daldalus—ditto 50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Chymist—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Tranby's dam colt 2000 to 20 agst Mr. J. Day's Brother to Aleppo—taken 2500 to '25 agst Mr. Ford's Quo Alinus—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Sowerby's Caligula 1000 to 15 agst Jagger—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Buckley's Torn—offered. 1000 to 5 agst St. Vitus—taken 1000 to 80 on Phoenix agst Bamboo —taken 600 to 500 on Grey Momus agst Young Rowton—taken ak • 800 to 20 ag s t Baraboo and C a lli sto w i nning Derby and O a ks."t THE OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Vesportilio—offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Glenara—taken 9 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's Unique—taken 0 to 1 agst L or d Ch esterfield ' s Rowton dam filly-o"e"rea 10 to 1 agst Mr, J. Scott's Mary Gray—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Callisto—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Brown Duchess—taken - 20 to 1 agst Sir G, Ueathcote's Larnaca—taken oft The following horses a rr i ve d at Miekleham, near EPr r :' rle' Monday from Newmarket :—Ri c h ar d Roe, liretby, Aloe Ca ro , Moue Adam, Nonplus colt, and Cobham, all in the Derby; , 5 s ea mElima filly, out of Rowton's darn ; filly out of Speculat or ,„er• n e dustry, all in the Oaks ; and a two-year old filly out of W e '' BA TH SPRING RACES, TV, EDNP SDI r• 1,02 . 5 ei The Lan s d own T r i a l S ta k es of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., for -arter. that nev er won ( ma t c h es excepted). One mile and a - 10 Subs. 1 Mr.W. Bruges n a. b. e . Sp ec t re, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b S. It°g ers Sir L. Gly n na . c h. c . b y B uzzar d , out of Prunella, 3 yrs, 79t- 71b 1 b 3 Mr. Bristow' s b r . c . Whi r l w i n d , b y Cardinal Put!, 3 yrs, 7Et• Won by a head. for The Weston Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., with 20 added duce two-years old colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies Bst. 41b ; the of untried mares or horses allowed 41b. The straight hale '" 9 Sebs. Mr. Wreford's b, c. by C amel, out of Margelline ......... J. Dgi Captain Williainson s br. g. by The Coloael, out of Tyro c ''':ifer- The followin g a l so started, but were n o t placed :—Mr. beet's b. c . b y S u l tan, out of Benefit (mare untried) ; a nd Sadler's b. f, by Defence, out of Lady Stumps. kes of The Lapies' Sil ver C up, value 30 sous., added to a SweeP sta _ a y* 6 sovs. each, f or h orses not thoroughbred; the second it' his stake. Gentlemen riders. Ono mile and a half and a tance. 14 Subs. 1 Mr, Faster's b. h. Combat, 5 yrs, list. 311 3 „....31r. r 2 Mr. Galpin's b. g. Arctic, 5 yrs. (h. b.) llst ............... Captai n Ch am b ers ' s b. g. The Cardinal, aged, list. 41h ........ 20 ' The Bath S ta k es (H andicap) of 20 sovs. each, Is. ft., .1 added. O ne m il e an d a h a lf and a distance. 16 S u bs. Mr. G. W orra ll as. Barney Bodkin, aged, tslst. 91b......Dic k50° 9 Mr, F. Crib-r.% b. c. Doncaster, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b ............•......... SweepstP.'ses of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft., tor horses of all denom in. The last half mile. Gentlemen riders. 5 Subs. w. Mr, F os t er ' s b. h. C om b at (h. b . ), 5 yrs, llst. 91b-Wr• Sadler ~. Mr. 4. Bayly na. Lucretia (h. b.), 3 yrs, 9st. 71b ............... Mr, Hobson's bl. c. Snarley Yow (h. h.), 3 yrs, 9st. 71b ......... The Austrian Count and Countess MongelrAs and suite arrived at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday, ft,m, Vienna. The Duke of Devonhhiro will. not leavr, Chatsworth until the ensuin, , 7e4, Exterior buildings, forming a spaci ous aleuve, arc 1444 kW() up in front of Devonshire House,